Marathon Talk, powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.

Welcome to episode 85 of Marathon Talk, brought to you by Abbott World Marathon Majors.

On this week's edition of Marathon Talk, we take a quick peep back at the first Abbott World Marathon majors of the 2026 season in Tokyo.

We hear about the launch of a new European Marathon series, and we talk about the

jeffing legend of a running icon.

And we're joined by trail runner and author Ali Bailey to talk about her new book,

31 Days, a zero bullshit mindset masterclass for the

modern runner, which came out last week. And also joining us, running coach David Jackson is here.

With major races like London, Manchester, and Brighton Marathons coming up in the next few weeks,

David's here to offer advice on how athletes can improve performance through breathing.

All this and more in this edition of Marathon Talk.

Martin, it's been a minute.

We had our fun episode, special edition to talk all things Tokyo that came out

just after the finishers crossed that finish line in Tokyo how have you been since then

since the last in the last 12 hours that I haven't spoken to you Dean and not a lot has changed

if you haven't listened we are, Dean, and not a lot has changed.

If you haven't listened, we are going to do a little bit about Tokyo. But yeah, we did record a Marathon Talk Extra, which is a Tokyo special. So, you know, jump onto your podcast feed

for a really detailed listen about that. But what have I been doing? I went for a really nice bike ride today.

The sun came out.

Oh, that's why you're in such a bright mood. I am. The sun came out to bless you.

And do you know what else I did? You know my hip's been troubling me a little bit. So I thought,

indeed. I'm just going to try and change my gate a little bit,

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